Rain and Bad Fuel Economy

Good rain in Qld this week, which everyone would know about, after the Isa got 189mm overnight, and some 30 houses flooded. We've ended up with "only" 97mm since 11/01, while other stations in the area have had over 300mm. Good floods in the Barcoo, Thompson and Diamantina too, so we should have a good crop of flies, to greet any of you folk heading into the Channel country, in the cooler months.

Wife and daughter were travelling back from Mt Isa on Tuesday, via Winton, through some of this rain, and being the concerned hubby, took another Tojo up to meet them.(Nothing about being sick of toasted sangers!) Put the chains on before I left, because it's a bugger of a job at any time, let alone lying in the mud and slush. Travelled about 90kms, to a flooded creek, where we left their vehicle, and waded across waist deep water.
Was a slow trip up and back, much of it in low range, but no further heavy rain at that time, from the threatening clouds. For the 191km return trip, took just under 7 hours, and used 91 litres of diesel. That's 2.09km/L, or 47.6L/100km - almost roadtrain economy. Also illustrates that when it's wet, on gravel roads, the usual highway averages will through the roof, or is that bonnet, in an automotive sense?

Looks like we'll be flying out on holidays next week

Hooroo...